Primary schools in Ashton-under-Lyne
20 primary schools in Ashton-under-Lyne, sorted by latest Ofsted grade. Grades come from two inspection systems; each school page states which, and the guide explains the difference. A grade shown with a year, like "Good (2019)", is the last one Ofsted published for that school and sorts below current grades. We don't invent rankings.
Ashton-under-Lyne in figures
For Reception places in September 2026, families named the 19 schools in Ashton-under-Lyne first 586 times for 578 places: 1.01 first choices per place, against 1.00 across the Tameside authority's 69 schools. 7 of the 19 had more first choices than places. For 2026 entry, 2 schools here gave their last places on distance, from 0.52 miles (The Heys Primary School) to 0.66 miles (Milton St John's CofE Primary School).
Totals for the schools listed on this page. Applications and offers on national offer day, DfE; last-offer distances as the council published them.
- Ashton West End Primary Academy
- Canon Burrows CofE Primary School
- Canon Johnson CofE Primary School
- Holden Clough Primary School
- Holy Trinity CofE Primary School
- Micklehurst All Saints CofE Primary School
- Milton St John's CofE Primary School
- Parochial CofE Primary and Nursery School, Ashton-under-Lyne
- Rosehill Methodist Primary Academy
- St Christopher's RC Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
- St Peter's CofE Primary School
- The Heys Primary School
- Livingstone Primary School
- St George's CofE Primary School
- Hurst Knoll St James' Church of England Primary School
- Oasis Academy Broadoak
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel RC Primary School, Ashton-under-Lyne
- Waterloo Primary School
- St James' Church of England Primary School
- St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School, a Voluntary Academy
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